Foreign exchange
iShares launches local currency emerging market debt ETF
iShares has listed an exchange-traded fund in London in response to institutional demand for access to emerging market bonds and currencies
Repricing the cross smile: an analytic joint density
Repricing the cross smile: an analytic joint density
DTCC and Swift eye FX trade repository
New York-based group set to develop trade repository for every other OTC asset class and has pitched for foreign exchange in partnership with Swift
Australian regulators suggest clearing exemption for foreign exchange
Reserve Bank of Australia discussion paper commits to harmonising rules with US and Europe
Leuschke quits RBS
Royal Bank of Scotland loses its global head of foreign exchange sales
Dow Jones launches index that uses currency basket to track US dollar
Dow Jones launches index that uses currency basket to track US dollar
BNP Paribas sees surge in demand for forex volatility structures
BNP Paribas sees surge in demand for forex volatility structures
Ikos FX Fund: Ikos
Eleventh European Performance Awards 2011
Arguments against forex clearing flawed, says Duffie
Foreign exchange forwards and swaps should be cleared under Dodd-Frank despite industry reservations
Exemption clarity allows market participants to prepare for new regime
Banks, market infrastructures and industry associations prepare to move forward with regulatory preparation, now that fx swaps and forwards are set to be exempt
Americas house of the year
House of the year, Americas
Isda raises concerns over Russian netting laws
Despite the challenges involved, banks and brokers are excited by the progress being made to open up the Russian market
Hang Seng spies the recovery
Riding the recovery
Onshore forex options debut in China
Foreign exchange options debuted in mainland China today with a number of deals taking place. China now has an onshore market for forex forwards, forex options, forex swaps and cross-currency swap, offering market participants more hedging tools as the…
EU Council leans towards special treatment for FX
Industry's concerns starting to be reflected in legislation proposals
Asia tops regulated derivatives league table in 2010
Asia became the largest exchange-traded derivatives contracts market for the first time last year. It now holds top spots in terms of contracts volumes for equity, metals and foreign exchange products.
Yen will strengthen as it did after Kobe, say currency strategists
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 will not force a weakening of the yen, according to currency strategists focused on the region.
Barclays Capital reorganises forex structuring heads in Asia, US and Europe
Barclays Capital is moving several of its foreign exchange heads into new roles as it merges two structuring entities.
Thomson Reuters Matching hit by four-hour outage
Banks say liquidity was affected by the service outage but it was fortunate to occur at a quiet time for the market
Forex structurers prepare for inflation
Preparing for inflation
Blossoming retail
Blossoming retail
Deal-contingent trades see pick up in activity
The deal hunters
BoAML debuts cross-currency swap with corporate onshore in China
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has conducted what is believed to be the first currency swap in China with a corporate client after Safe gave the green light for such transactions to start trading on March 1.
CLS considers membership category for CCPs
"Allowing CCPs to settle FX trades bilaterally would reintroduce Herstatt risk, so it would certainly be preferable to have CCPs become either direct or third-party members of CLS," says LCH.Clearnet executive